Bill Clinton

The first and most important role is to assure that the federal emergency management program is working.

I think he's done a good job.

I'm proud of the transition she's made.

We can't solve the other problems unless we reach across the racial divides.

I was concerned in the beginning about agreeing to it.

Best political day, that's tough.

That's the kind of spirit you get.

I think they believe that this gives them some handle on national prestige.

We've got to do something about it, and we've got a program that will make a difference.

Americans are normally at their best in times of grave natural disaster.

The only thing that really steams me is what it does to my wife and my daughter.

We've had about 1,500 Federal personnel in California, Washington, and at the teleregistration center in Denton, Texas, working on this.

I never cease to be amazed by the energy and the optimism, the courage and the constant good humor of so many millions of people in this State against all odds.

We intend to stay with you until this job is finished.

This is a national problem, and we have a national responsibility and we will be in it for the long run.

We will do whatever we can that is legally possible, working with Chairman Panetta here, to accelerate the funds and to reduce the bureaucratic burdens of moving on this highway construction.

If we need to do it, we can. We are organized to do it. But again, I want to wait until I get a report back from Mr. Witt after he talks to the Mayor and the Governor and others involved out there. We've had a pretty good record of--you…

Well, the first thing, I guess I was a citizen first. The first thing I did was pick up the phone and call my brother, because I knew that he lived very close to the epicenter of the earthquake. And I called him probably at 5:15 a.m. their…

Yes. As you know, I went to the flooded areas in the Middle West and I went--I basically like to take a firsthand view of these things, but I don't want to be in the way. When I go, I want to be a constructive presence. And we've got Mr…

I don't know. We have got to wait until we get some sense of how much money is involved. The most expensive thing I know about now would obviously be the three freeways. And any of you who have ever--and I guess all of you, certainly with…

I am nevertheless saddened that our Nation will be denied your service.

I wish you the very best as you continue to work on your many important endeavors as a private citizen.

I brought up Hezbollah, the Jibril group, and the PKK specifically, as I said in my press conference that I did. I did. And he gave his view that he's stated many times. He stated his position; I restated mine. I said, ``Look, we're not…

Oh, yes, I think it's forward now. We've pushed it forward. It's clearly the biggest step forward since September 13th. Maybe in some ways a bigger one because we all knew on September 13th that in the end the only way to hold this thing…

What I said to him and what our country has said repeatedly for years now is that, obviously, if both sides made an agreement and both sides wanted this, we would have to give it serious consideration; that's something I would have to talk…